Alex Lacamoire is an award-winning music director, arranger, and composer. He is best known for his work on Broadway’s critically-acclaimed shows Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, and In The Heights.
Coming Soon: Create Playlists in SmartMusic
As musicians ourselves, we know the importance and ease of mind that comes with being able to organize your music into practical and relevant lists.
SmartMusic September 2021 Repertoire Update
In the last month, our Repertoire Development team added 32 new interactive titles to the SmartMusic repertoire library.
For all new interactive solos and ensemble pieces, view the full list here.
Deconstructing Hidden Beliefs and Implicit Bias
When I was in elementary school my mother always made me lunch to take to school in a brown paper bag.
Free Activity: Music Symbols Sudoku Puzzle!
Get your students’ brain juices flowing with this music symbols Sudoku puzzle! Playing Sudoku can help students build critical thinking skills inside and outside of the music classroom, including:
Improving concentrationBeing able to analyze the relationship between the whole and the part
Improving memory
Developing problem-solving skills
Use this puzzle as an in-class activity, at-home assignment, extra credit, or save it for a substitute teacher.
Updates to Measures of Success in SmartMusic
Measures of Success for Concert Band, Book 1, is a comprehensive band method that was created to ignite musical curiosity, unite conceptual knowledge with performance skills, foster understanding of the many ways that people share and interact with music, and to assess each student’s continued musical growth.
3 Things I Learned From My Most Gifted Students
Every teacher knows how much we learn from our students. The act of teaching itself makes you view the music differently as you learn to communicate it more directly.
Free Activity: Roll a Composition
Perfect for a classroom lesson, virtual assignment, extra credit, or an activity for a substitute teacher, this fun and free Roll a Composition activity will help spark your students’ creativity and get started on an original composition based purely on chance!
Featured Content: GIA Publications Habits Series
Recently, we spoke with Scott Rush, author of the Habits series, about his method books.
What did you do before you started writing the Habits series?Music Ed Mentor Podcast Ep. 96: Decolonizing the Music Room
I have a bit of a disclaimer to start us out: This episode talks about social justice—issues with race, repertoire challenges, and more.